Improvement in fliers for speeders



N. PETERS, PMOYO-LITHCGRAFHEH, WASHINGTON D C 5ft-ster @time @time JOHN H. ALDRicH, or NORTHBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIG'NOR TO HIB/[SELF AND JOI-IN C. WHI'IIN, OF SAME PLACE.- Letters Patent Naeeneadamz october 27,1868.

IMPROVEMENT VIN' FLIERS POR SPEEDERS.

The Schedule referred to :in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

Toiall whom 'it ma/y concern: Y

Be it known that I, J omi H. ALDn1o11,of Northbridge, in the county of Worcester, and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and improved Flier for Speeders and like machines -and I do hereby declare that the following is a correct description ofthe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part o f this specification, andto the letters of vreference marked thereon.

Figure 1 is a plan of a Hier and presser, showing also a full bobbin.

Fignre'2 is a side elevation of the same, with the presser detached.

Figure 3 is an elevation of the side of the ier and presser, the bobbin not shown. 11iFigure 41s a view of the presser detached hom the Figure 5 is a modication ofthe saine.

The fliers for Speeders and y-frames are either ma'de so that the pressers are forced against the bobbin when winding on the roving, by springs, or by the centrifugal force produced by speed of the iliers.v In the former case they are objectionable, because the operator, in piecing, uses one of his hands in holding back the presser, when it is desirable to have both hands in the operation of piecing. In the latter case, at least with all the' centrifugal iers with which I am acquainted, the presser is permanently secured tothe flier, so that it cannot be removed with facility, for cleaning up, or

.for repairs.

To remedy these defects, and to make a ier which is more comely in form, economical in construction, Aeffectual in operation, and convenient for repairs, is the object of my inventidn. a

To enable others skilled in the-art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation. v

B is a flier, made as they often are, except that on the arm O is formed a spiral groove, in which the worm D, on the presser, is made to slide, so that when the presser-arm brings up against the bottom of the Hier, it stops, and Whenturned the otherway, detaches itself from the ilier. These fliers are made-so that any presser will fit any dier ofthe sizev to which it is adapted; and whena presser is broken, as they sometimes are by the ier getting loose, orv out of its place on the spindle, when the frame is running, or worn out, any ,operative can renew it, without calling upon a machinist. The spiral, F, can be brazed upon the arm, or, if

that part of the arm upon which the spiral is formed will be forged thicker, and after the thin, flat iron of ing cutter will cut the spiral groove. The worm may beat the upper end, as shown in iig. 5, but it makes a lighter and neater i'lier to place it at the bottom.

I' do not claim that this dier will do more or better work than some others; but it isthe only one with which I am acquainted in which the dier and presser can be disconnected without the use of tools.

A very great advantage `of this dier. is, thatl uniformity is attainable, so that any presser will it any flier of corresponding size, and can be immediately connected with each other.

What I claim as my invention, and by Letters Patent, is The iiier, substantially as described, having the arm of the flierand the detachable presser connected by a spiral 'guide vand worm, so that when turning-one way, the presser detachee from the fiier when'there is no .bobbin or spindle for it to press against, and turning the other way, it stops by the presser-arm itself coming in contact with the end of the flier-arm, thus forming a more direct passage for the roving to the presserarm, substantially as described.

desire to secure d. H. .ALDRIOII Witnesses:

l H. B. Oseoon,

P. W. DUDLEY.

malleable, cast on; but as I propose to construct them,

the arm O is bent up into the rounded form, a revolv- 

